Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Many enjoy celebrations of Yuletide Oops! There goes another ornament! No, don ' t throw all the tinsel in one place! Hey, watch out, the tree is slip¬ ping! Meeting the night before the annual Christmas assembly, students decorated the huge tree. A door-decorating contest. Dress-up Day and the assembly also added to the holiday festivities. The activities, co-ordinated by the SCA, began with the door-decorating con¬ test. Homeroom representatives were re¬ sponsible for the decorations that ranged from paper Christmas trees to elaborate wreaths. Students observed Dress-up Day and attended the Christmas assembly on the last day before Christmas vacation began. Highlighting the assembly was a cantata sung by the Concert Choir and the ap¬ pearance of Santa, alias Mr. Bill Boswell. At this time SCA president Tommy Sat¬ terfield presented $210.02 collected from students to the fire department for the needy. Christmas carols sung by the three foreign language groups is a traditional part of the annual Christmas Assembly sponsored by the SCA. Wishing her friend a Merry Christmas, Hollis beneath the decorations in the cafeteria. The Humphries gives Arthur Lantor a big hug Monitors Club provided the decorations. Christmas 29

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Checking his list, Santa, Mr. Bill Boswell, tells students during the Christmas Assembly that he knows who has been naughty or nice, (above). Tinsel, laid carefully on each branch by Ann Hankins, adds the finishing touches to the huge Christmas tree, (above right). Whether stringing tinsel, hanging ornaments, or simply supervising others, there is a job for everybody in order to get the tree decorated the night before the Christmas Assembly, (right). 28 Christmas

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Polynesian prom theme successful South sea gardens, rocky beaches, fish nets, palm trees, grass huts, fountains and soul music characterized the 1969 Junior- Senior Prom. Days before the exciting event, juniors worked to give the graduating seniors a night to remember. At eight o ' clock, juniors, seniors and their guests crossed the entry bridge into a Polynesian Paradise. After crossing the bridge, the students entered a garden displaying the South Sea splendor of palm trees and gushing fountains. Among the rocky shores of a Poly¬ nesian beach, The Soul Limited, featur¬ ing Ginger supplied the soul music to nearly eight hundred people. The next day the sophomores tore down the decorations and salvaged them to build next year ' s prom. The work on the prom was supervised by Mr. Jim Albright, chairman of the junior sponsors and Kirk Gravitt, class president. As Tommy Satterfield and Kirk Gravitt discover. Right, it takes a lot of sawing, nailing, hammering and decorating to turn a huge gymnasium into a Poly¬ nesian Paradise, Far Right. 30 Junior-Senior